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Muslim Brotherhood: "No Weapons for Hamas via Smuggling Tunnels"


(Ynet News) Roi Kais - Issam al-Haddad, a senior Muslim Brotherhood official who serves as Egyptian President Morsi's adviser on foreign affairs, said that Egypt will not permit the flow of weapons to Gaza via the smuggling tunnels since that will undermine stability in the Sinai Peninsula. An Egyptian court recently ruled that all tunnels on the Gaza border should be destroyed since they threaten Egypt's security. Brotherhood deputy supreme guide Khairat al-Shater said, "Egyptian support of the Palestinian factions by way of weapons is likely to incite a war between Egypt and Israel." "The entrance of Egypt into a war with Israel is not something that is accepted on the street."
2013-03-07 00:00:00
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